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      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
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      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
    • *NEW* under construction >
      • Unit 1 - State Building in the Global Tapestry
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      • Unit 7 - Global Conflicts
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    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
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Expansion and Reform

1816 
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1848
19th Century
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Peardeck™
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Unit Guide

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KEY EVENTS
  • ​Era of Good Feelings
  • Seminole War
  • Compromise of 1820    "Missouri Compromise"
  • McCulloch v. Maryland
  • Monroe Doctrine
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ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS

Entering the Era of Good Feelings, Monroe advances America's authority overseas while the Supreme Court continues to expand the power of the court and federal authority.
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Vocabulary - Era of Good Feelings, Missouri Compromise of 1820, McCulloch v Maryland, Gibbons v Ogden, Monroe Doctrine

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KEY TOPICS
  • ​Election of 1824
  • spoils system
  • Tariff of Abominations / Nullification Crisis
  • Indian Removal Act
  • Panic of 1837
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AGE OF JACKSON

As political strife ends the Era of Good Feelings, Andrew Jackson advances the executive power of the president through his actions towards Indians, tariffs, and banks while the issue of state's rights resurfaces.
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Vocabulary - Election of 1824, spoils system/patronage, Nullification Crisis, Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears, Worcester v. Georgia,         
                              Panic of 1837


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KEY TOPICS
  • ​Birth of the Whig Party
  • Texas War of Independence
  • Mexican-American War
  • "54'40 or Fight"
  • California Gold Rush
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BORDER DISPUTES: MANIFEST DESTINY

Under the vision of Manifest Destiny, the United States pushes westward, engaging in wars with Mexico and crossing trails into the Oregon Territory, sparking border disputes with Britain.
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Vocabulary - manifest destiny, Battle of the Alamo (1836), "54'40' of Fight" , Mexican American War (1846-48), Wilmont Proviso (1846), California Gold Rush, Gadsden Purchase (1853)


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KEY EVENTS
  • ​Transcendentalism
  • abolition movement takes hold
  • Seneca Falls Convention
  • Smith founds Mormonism
  • Dorothea Dix & Horace Mann
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GROWING PAINS: EARLY REFORMS

Dubbed the American Renaissance, the United States begins to develop its own brand of artistic expression as the nation addresses the number of issues that have developed in the young republic.
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Vocabulary - Hudson School of Artists, transcendentalism, abolition, Senaca Falls Covention, Second Great Awakening,
                              utopian communities, temperance movement
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  • American History
    • American History I >
      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
  • World History
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
    • *NEW* under construction >
      • Unit 1 - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2 - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3 - Land-Based Empires
      • Unit 4 - Transoceanic Interconnections
      • Unit 5 - Revolutions
      • Unit 6 - Consequences of Industrialization
      • Unit 7 - Global Conflicts
      • Unit 8 - Cold War and Decolonization
      • Unit 9 - Globalization
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Civic Literacy